Category Archives: Temporary

Materials: Temporary, Eco-Friendly and Rain-Powered

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Rebecca Ansert

The RainCampaign uses an environmentally-friendly method to print a message (or image) onto the pavement. When rain falls on the concrete the message is revealed for passers-by to see. But when the sun comes out and the rain dries up, … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Flag: Sustainable Social Sculpture

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Rebecca Ansert

Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio are at work with U.S. veterans at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Campus in West Los Angeles. In an effort to bring awareness to the challenges of returning soldiers and to share the historic … Continue reading →

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Architectural Association temporary installation: Driftwood

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Rebecca Ansert

Designed by students at the Architectural Association school, “Driftwood” is built from a plywood spruce structure provided by a Finnish timber merchant, with the cladding consisting of 28 layers of 4mm thick plywood. The flowing, heavily computer-aided design, which the … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Echigo-Tsumari outdoor art festival

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Rebecca Ansert

The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT) is an art festival held once every three years in the landscape of Echigo-Tsumari, a region distressed with the problems of depopulation and aging. ETAT began ten years ago by uncovering the many aspects of … Continue reading →

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Temporary Project for Summer 2010, P.S.1 MOMA, New York

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Rebecca Ansert

SO – IL Architectural Firm Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL) urban landscape Pole Dance was selected as the winner of the 2010 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program. The Program, now in its eleventh year, offers emerging architectural talent … Continue reading →

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Grimewriting

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Rebecca Ansert

On April 14, 2008, in San Francisco, an English “reverse graffiti” artist and a critically acclaimed documentary filmmaker came together while the city slept, to create an environmentally friendly work of art and a film about the philosophy of clean. … Continue reading →

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